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Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2000. Photograph by John Matthew Smith. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gordon Parks was a world-renowned photographer, musician, film director, composer, author, and social justice activist. Best known for his documentary photojournalism that explored the impact of poverty and racial discrimination on communities of color, Parks took photographs that appeared in many news and fashion publications, including Vogue and Life. He was the first African American to write, produce, and direct major motion pictures.

Members of WARM

Members of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) gather on the fifth anniversary of the opening of WARM Gallery. Photograph by Judy Stone Nunnelly, 1981. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Women Invite Women catalog

The catalog of Women Invite Women, an invitational exhibition presented at WARM Gallery between 1977 and 1978. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Harriet Bart and Hazel Belvo outside WARM gallery

Artists Harriet Bart (left) and Hazel Belvo (right) outside WARM gallery during its presentation of the exhibition Barto and Belvo, 1978. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

WARM Gallery poster

Poster produced by WARM Gallery, undated. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

WARM Gallery inaugural exhibition poster

Poster advertising the inaugural exhibition and grand opening of WARM Gallery on April 10, 1976, at 414 First Avenue North, Minneapolis. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Street view of WARM Gallery

Mailer used by the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) showing a street view of WARM Gallery at 414 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, undated. From box 5 (152.F.1.1B) of the Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) organizational records. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

WARM: A Women’s Collective Art Space

In 1976, the doors opened to a new art gallery—the first in Minnesota dedicated exclusively to women artists. During its fifteen years of operation, WARM: A Women’s Collective Art Space (often referred to as the WARM Gallery) was at the center of women’s visual arts programming in the Twin Cities. Informed by second-wave feminism and in step with the national Women’s Art Movement, the WARM Gallery built a new arts community focused on promoting equality. It gave women artists the professional experiences necessary to compete in the art world and provided public access to women’s art, history, and theory.

Ancient ceramic vessel with evidence of wild rice

St. Croix stamped ceramic vessel containing evidence of wild rice. Created by Native people who lived in the Upper Mississippi region before 640 CE.

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